Barack Obama’s sweeping victory to become president of the United States sends him to the White House to face what may be the worst national financial crisis since the time of Franklin Roosevelt’s ...

But Obama did not win the White House on hype, any more than he won it on hope. He won it with an organization that even ...

This is a transcript of Barack Obama's victory speech after winning the Iowa caucus: You know, they said this day would never come. They said our sights were set too high. They said this country was ...